Coca Moda: Post 11/30: Running Errands Chic

Just been working on a budget-friendly wardrobe for a friend's friend who recently 'lost' her long term boyfriend to a younger and more sassy woman. I seriously doubt a new wardrobe is what Miss Heartbroken-And-Thirty-Something needs at the moment but I've decided that it's not my place to tell her this. It's not my place to tell her what I really think about women attempting to reinvent themselves after a relationship breakdown . I've learnt my lesson after a childhood friend of mine and I drifted apart following a heated discussion about her lousy (and I mean seriously lousy) dude. The calls stopped, the texts got fewer, our Facebook emails became one liners...

Working on Miss Heartbroken's Essentials for Single Hood has made me think about the basics missing in my own wardrobe. I spend a great deal of time researching key looks for other people and working out where I can find what. Funnily enough, my Saturday mornings often start with a search for clean and breakfast/brunch-appropriate attire. I usually can't find what I'm looking for and end up wearing gym gear or tracksuit pants I'm emotionally attached to. I've been known to leave the house in full gym gear, meet up with my girlfriends for brunch, go on a shopping spreeya (learnt spreeya from Blu Cantrell) then do late lunch with my brunch buddies and somehow end up in a trendy bar later that night. Yes in that same gym gear!

I'm ready to retire that look, run errands in style and socialise in real clothing. I've got so much to do this Saturday and will be far from looking like Dishevelled-But-Active Baldie. Thought I might share what I've termed Running Errands Chic.

Ciao bellos + bellisimas